 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing...  The Whole Works - Page 366by James Ussher - 1654Full view - About this book
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...h« will obey the king, because God hatli so commanded." Thus Josh. Coch. Which oath is either taeit, the very being in the condition of a subject carrying with it, (as the late primate of Armagh speaks), by implication, a silent oath of fidelity and obedience ; or... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...He that takes the oath of allegiance to a prince, must yield obedience to him; " I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God," Eccl, viii. 2. Some talk of a compulsive oath; no man can compel me to challenge the perfections of... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
...not with thetn that desire change?' Or his counsel in the book of Ecclesiastes, ' I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God r' Or, because they may possibly pretend that they are exempted from, or unconcerned in, the commands... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...carry the voice, a7id that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Honour the king. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of roan for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the kin;t. as supreme... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...men from killing kings, or any villany, if once the 'Ond of oaths be nullified ? But scripture saith, keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.' No man defends perury by name : but to say that men that swear o do that which God commands, or forbids... | |
 | the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...time, the preceding Sunday. His text was taken from Ecclesiastes, c. viii. v. 2. " I counsel thee to keep the King's Commandment, and that in regard of the Oath of God." (Strajford's Letters, vol. ii. p. 343.) June 4. — The Lord Lieutenant wrote to Sir Henry Vane, expressing... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 568 pages
...ftrongeft argument to prefs that duty, which the Preacher ufeth ; / counfel thee to keep Ecclef. viii. the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath*' of God. Hereby generals have engaged their foldiers to ftick Veget. H. clofe to them, in bearing hardfhips... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...Apostles who were inspired by the Spirit of God. / counsel thee, says the Preacher (Eccles. viii. 2), to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God ; since we read (1 Chron. xxix. 24), that all the princes and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...hath wings shall tell the matter e. SECT. 11. To obey all their lawful commands. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God ". And whosoever k Prov. xix. 12. c Ecclcs. viii. 4. d Prov. xvi. 14, 15. • Eccles. x. 4. f Prov.... | |
 | William Chillingworth - Protestantism - 1820 - 510 pages
...with them that desire change ?" Or, his counsel in the book of Ecclesiastes : § "I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God ?" Or, because they possibly may pretend, that they are * 1 Sam. xxvi. 9. f § Eccles. viii. 2. exempted... | |
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